Sanitary drinking-cup.



Patented Apr. 15, 1913 W. H. BAIRD. ANIIRY DRINKING CUP. la "LIoATIoN PILED 0012.28, 1911.

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To @EZ whom imag/'concern .f

Be it known that 'WHMAM H. BAnzo, o citizen. of the Uoited States, residing at Bolngton, in. the County of Des Moines enc' State of owo., have invented e new and useful mprovement in Sanary Drinking- Cups, of which the olovvng is f 113 einem on.

Thi'snvention reees to e sanitary drinking" cup end the object of the inventlon' is to poduoe e cup which een be mede so cheaply that if desired they can be thrown away eifel" one use.

Another object of the nvenon is to pro-- ve a double cup, the tvvo cups belescopng so 'doet the interior of each. oop will be sealed against dust end dir: unti seperated for Wise, this eoneruetoe having the further efiventege that the purchaser eeelves two oups', eeeh. capable of inepencent use when A uther object of'the invention is to pvovde e doooe wp, which een be folded n emel epeee, eo "meblhe same een he e .eoenty carrie@ in the pooket, the oups when foden, interlocking m being' outomeoey ex'enled when sepeeiee.

With these objects in view, ehe invention. eonsse of'he novel feeinree of construet'on herenete (eselihed, pointed ou't :in

'the chimeand shown in the' accompanying mvvngs, in which. Y

Figure l 1e e perepeoiglve vlevv o the do vice, the two oups being shown seperated.V

A medicated 'pecknge being placed upon the exeror of the cylinder end' also in ehe g'oove and upon the exteror'of the eyiner',

e o these being secured together by a suteh'e cement. A. Seeonrfi om; fj i foxmefl in exaey the same 11n-moer7 the body' portion of' the second cup being of'ese die Y Y than that of ghe first deeebe c thebody of he second @op will shoe Wh; and snug'y they Heet nxen'one een.

the other cup, so that when lthe oops tted together as shown in Fig. t?, we eo closed et eeen end thus seehng ehe' the; admission of diri; or duet'. jeferab when the'body of the een ie to he y'grf, the seme is formed of any suehe iight Weiter i proof pestehoexf..

When it is desed to forni the oops that the base of the two oups con be pre? toward each other, thus oding the oups, provide each @up with e. "onse o und wih o. peeking Z and the-body ,of the oups ie formed 70 of a thin peper eo'veed with 'pomhn ois other vmtenproong mate'fiel. The hotonle or bases 6 of the foldingeups :1re shnhu' flo the bottom l eh'eoy deeerbeq'.' hen .:he oups zu mede of il' peper adepte@ io ioh :le ee sho. n in Fig,

be used for H:

VVhet slank A cieflee of the klnd eieeembed, oom- ]orlfslng- 'dupheate cupe. einen nvvmg- L rigid bese.u and fex'ible, :oozn Vside portlone, one of sold Voups being def ed to fit Within the other. the rim of one 9o cup engaging the' `heee ofthe ofher, snf bases being movable toward each other when the cupe' ere folded.

and elbe body poriono. the hed); por of one cup being adopten Le t Within hm" of the other, the seid hoy portaone foldng upon euch other Whenhe bases ore moved 'toward each other' and unfolding `when the bases ore drown outwardly, as and for ehe prgose set forth.

'3. A device of the kind describedicoml cups into proximity to @zich other, :is :1mi prising two cups having rigid bases and for the purpose set forth. exibie body port-ions vthe body portion of I one cup reversibly teiescoping that of the WILLIAM UA1 XH BAUD' 5 other cup, and the said body portions foldwWitnesses:

ing one upon the other when teieseoping GLADYS Bimmz thereby bringing the base portions of said R. L. COCHRAN, 

